The same p2173 ♿️
@p2173.bsky.social
Disabled by COVID. Philanthropy wonk. Former Elections Commissioner. https://philanthropy2173.ghost.io/ #StillHere #philanthropy #digital #nonprofits #democracy #civilsociety #digitalcivilsociety
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Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecords essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecords essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM
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“What do I do now for a home? I'm homeless.”
Hemsby is collapsing to the climate crisis and government inaction. Yet the people who did the least to cause this are paying the price. We're taking legal action to force Starmer to step up:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
Hemsby is collapsing to the climate crisis and government inaction. Yet the people who did the least to cause this are paying the price. We're taking legal action to force Starmer to step up:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“What do I do now for a home? I'm homeless.”
Hemsby is collapsing to the climate crisis and government inaction. Yet the people who did the least to cause this are paying the price. We're taking legal action to force Starmer to step up:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
Hemsby is collapsing to the climate crisis and government inaction. Yet the people who did the least to cause this are paying the price. We're taking legal action to force Starmer to step up:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
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Worth remembering that Trump is not just an authoritarian, but a fascist authoritarian.
Fascism boils down to the belief that there's a "natural" order where the physically strong violently dominate the weak.
If a fascist strongman's base perceives him as enfeebled, he is politically fucked
Fascism boils down to the belief that there's a "natural" order where the physically strong violently dominate the weak.
If a fascist strongman's base perceives him as enfeebled, he is politically fucked
…propagandize about Trump’s “stamina.” This is a taxpayer funded messaging operation aimed at propping up a sagging authoritarian cult of personality.
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Worth remembering that Trump is not just an authoritarian, but a fascist authoritarian.
Fascism boils down to the belief that there's a "natural" order where the physically strong violently dominate the weak.
If a fascist strongman's base perceives him as enfeebled, he is politically fucked
Fascism boils down to the belief that there's a "natural" order where the physically strong violently dominate the weak.
If a fascist strongman's base perceives him as enfeebled, he is politically fucked
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"Our nation’s public health is not in good hands." — Public health lawyer @doritreiss.bsky.social breaks down this week's gobsmacking meeting of #CDC's vaccine advisory panel, #ACIP.
The #hepatitisB birth dose is gone. Kennedy's ACIP isn't done yet. www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
The #hepatitisB birth dose is gone. Kennedy's ACIP isn't done yet. www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel is beset by incompetence, bias, and procedural chaos
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) meetings used to be a geek’s dream: hours of long, maybe dreary presentation of extensive data
www.statnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Our nation’s public health is not in good hands." — Public health lawyer @doritreiss.bsky.social breaks down this week's gobsmacking meeting of #CDC's vaccine advisory panel, #ACIP.
The #hepatitisB birth dose is gone. Kennedy's ACIP isn't done yet. www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
The #hepatitisB birth dose is gone. Kennedy's ACIP isn't done yet. www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
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“Censorship” is a thought-terminating cliché. These people want you to believe that:
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
american reporters, you've got to call bullshit on this. vance, purveyor of hate/propaganda, wants the public to believe rules on, for instance, transparency in advertising and forms of deception on X are censorship.
don't fall for it.
don't fall for it.
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
“Censorship” is a thought-terminating cliché. These people want you to believe that:
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
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And the hits keep coming for disabled folks, though this one has been a long time coming: #CDC employees are forbidden to WFH. There's no real reason for this, and it's especially cruel given that CDC offices were subject to gunfire just months ago.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
CDC staff with disabilities feel stranded as HHS implements new policy
CDC is asking employees seeking telework as a reasonable accommodation to return to the office until their requests can be processed under a new HHS policy.
www.statnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And the hits keep coming for disabled folks, though this one has been a long time coming: #CDC employees are forbidden to WFH. There's no real reason for this, and it's especially cruel given that CDC offices were subject to gunfire just months ago.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
our taxes are their honeypot
Uh wut?
Popular Information: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan popular.info/p/update-tru...
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
our taxes are their honeypot
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Redditors + Repro Justice folks- we’ll see you at today’s r/prochoice AMA from 12-5pm ET ! Link below
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Redditors + Repro Justice folks- we’ll see you at today’s r/prochoice AMA from 12-5pm ET ! Link below
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Well… yeah.
Most of us talked about that at the time. Hegseth revealed time on target and a whole bunch of other information that could have gotten troops killed.
Most of us talked about that at the time. Hegseth revealed time on target and a whole bunch of other information that could have gotten troops killed.
BREAKING: Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth's use of Signal to share details of airstrike posed risk to U.S. personnel, AP sources say.
Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say
The Pentagon’s watchdog has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Well… yeah.
Most of us talked about that at the time. Hegseth revealed time on target and a whole bunch of other information that could have gotten troops killed.
Most of us talked about that at the time. Hegseth revealed time on target and a whole bunch of other information that could have gotten troops killed.
Funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time
My exciting year in maladies.
They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time
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Gavin Newsom is getting warmer...
The leader of the Democratic Party must declare war on corporate complicity with fascism and channel public anger toward the increasingly dangerous billionaire class.
And drive reform from there.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
The leader of the Democratic Party must declare war on corporate complicity with fascism and channel public anger toward the increasingly dangerous billionaire class.
And drive reform from there.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
'Some of you are probably fine with it’: Newsom confronts business elite on Trump
The California governor used financial power brokers as a foil during an interview in New York City.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Gavin Newsom is getting warmer...
The leader of the Democratic Party must declare war on corporate complicity with fascism and channel public anger toward the increasingly dangerous billionaire class.
And drive reform from there.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
The leader of the Democratic Party must declare war on corporate complicity with fascism and channel public anger toward the increasingly dangerous billionaire class.
And drive reform from there.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
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okay, I have to wonder how many of the people declaring that disability accommodations have gone "too far":
1. are disabled.
2. went through the process themselves.
3. work in higher ed at all.
4. read ANY critical disability studies work at all? Like, any?
1. are disabled.
2. went through the process themselves.
3. work in higher ed at all.
4. read ANY critical disability studies work at all? Like, any?
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
okay, I have to wonder how many of the people declaring that disability accommodations have gone "too far":
1. are disabled.
2. went through the process themselves.
3. work in higher ed at all.
4. read ANY critical disability studies work at all? Like, any?
1. are disabled.
2. went through the process themselves.
3. work in higher ed at all.
4. read ANY critical disability studies work at all? Like, any?
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👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Anyone even remotely familiar with Prasad's history knows his penchant for seeking attention.
So, let's play make-believe and pretend that Prasad has rock solid proof the vaccine killed 10 kids.
He is now sitting on it, refusing to give doctors on the ground the information they need to inform their patients.
The opposite of radical transparency.
endpoints.news/fda-says-it-...
He is now sitting on it, refusing to give doctors on the ground the information they need to inform their patients.
The opposite of radical transparency.
endpoints.news/fda-says-it-...
FDA says it won't release details of claimed Covid vaccine deaths in 'near term'
Details from an investigation by CBER Director Vinay Prasad into 10 alleged child deaths related to Covid-19 vaccines won't be coming soon, an FDA spokesperson told Endpoints News on Wednesday.
endpoints.news
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Anyone even remotely familiar with Prasad's history knows his penchant for seeking attention.
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NYC first-grader separated from his dad and lost in ICE detention. I have a kid this age, and imagining her alone and jailed in a country where she is not a native speaker is terrifying
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
NYC first-grader separated from his dad and lost in ICE detention. I have a kid this age, and imagining her alone and jailed in a country where she is not a native speaker is terrifying
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New Commentary by Cory Doctorow: Show Me the Incentive, I’ll Show You the Outcome
Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Show Me the Incentive, I’ll Show You the Outcome
Who are we to blame for enshittification? That is, who is at fault for the pandemic of platform decay, in which the platforms we depend on, where we congregate, trade, perform, sell, buy, connect, …
locusmag.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New Commentary by Cory Doctorow: Show Me the Incentive, I’ll Show You the Outcome
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One way of understanding retaliation against complaining sexual abuse victims is as a hedge against this kind of liability.
The big question on the horizon is how the insurance industry will respond to this. Studio films need to be insured, which involves risk assessment, and getting a company to insure a film against potential sexual harassment lawsuits could make some folks unhirable, and thus their films unmakable.
November 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
One way of understanding retaliation against complaining sexual abuse victims is as a hedge against this kind of liability.
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Trump working hard to bring down grocery prices
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Trump working hard to bring down grocery prices
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We must remake the world such that the International Criminal Court has much more muscle – including jurisdiction over American and Russian politicians.
A boy can dream.
A boy can dream.
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We must remake the world such that the International Criminal Court has much more muscle – including jurisdiction over American and Russian politicians.
A boy can dream.
A boy can dream.
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The Media and Democracy project regularly highlights the #LanguageOfOurTimes : new words (sometimes old) that are relevant to our current era and help us better understand our democracy under siege.
Here’s a great thread by @sethcotlar.bsky.social
on “Americanism”
Here’s a great thread by @sethcotlar.bsky.social
on “Americanism”
Looks like it’s time to re-up this thread on the fascist genealogy of the seemingly pablum term “Americanism.”
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Media and Democracy project regularly highlights the #LanguageOfOurTimes : new words (sometimes old) that are relevant to our current era and help us better understand our democracy under siege.
Here’s a great thread by @sethcotlar.bsky.social
on “Americanism”
Here’s a great thread by @sethcotlar.bsky.social
on “Americanism”
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Don't skim past this. The head of the FDA intends to regulate the end of vaccinations. Doing RFK Jr's dirty work.
This has the potential to literally kill millions of adults and children.
This has the potential to literally kill millions of adults and children.
Claims without data. The "leadership" of the HHS, FDA, and CDC are lying. They are trying to cull Americans – including children, en masse.
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Don't skim past this. The head of the FDA intends to regulate the end of vaccinations. Doing RFK Jr's dirty work.
This has the potential to literally kill millions of adults and children.
This has the potential to literally kill millions of adults and children.
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😡
The Texas Supreme Court changed its policy to allow judges to refuse same-sex marriages.
The change happened last week but it’s only being reported now because nobody noticed, in case you want to see an example of the real world impact of the collapse of local news industry
The change happened last week but it’s only being reported now because nobody noticed, in case you want to see an example of the real world impact of the collapse of local news industry
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
😡
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People are allowed to say no to AI , to forgiveness , to eternal war
And they are allowed ( and father god should do so more)
To be in situations where they can joyfully and consensually say enthusiastic mutual yessss
Even if the audience can’t
And they are allowed ( and father god should do so more)
To be in situations where they can joyfully and consensually say enthusiastic mutual yessss
Even if the audience can’t
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
People are allowed to say no to AI , to forgiveness , to eternal war
And they are allowed ( and father god should do so more)
To be in situations where they can joyfully and consensually say enthusiastic mutual yessss
Even if the audience can’t
And they are allowed ( and father god should do so more)
To be in situations where they can joyfully and consensually say enthusiastic mutual yessss
Even if the audience can’t